It does depend where you are coming from - I'm riding from the CBD and take Kingsford Smith Drive, Sugarmill Road, Lomandra Drive, Qantas Drive and Airport Drive on the way out to the aircraft observation point, then Airport Drive back to Nudgee Road. Traffic on Airport Drive is much lighter since Moreton Drive was opened.

Coming from the Northside I'm not sure but I have seen a bike path under the overpass at Nudgee Road.

There is also a newly completed bridge over the canal near the Nudgee Crit track and a path that seems to head towards the airport.

Last edited by RonK on Tue Dec 24, 2013 7:21 pm, edited 2 times in total.

The ride out to Pinkenba, around to the aircraft observation point and out to Nudgee Beach is a pleasant and popular ride. There are big bunches out there every weekend. It can quickly degenerate into a hammerfest on the flat roads.

RonK wrote:There is also a newly completed bridge over the canal near the Nudgee Crit track and a path that seems to head towards the airport.

The new path takes you to SkyGate from the Nundah crit track. We used it for the first time on the weekend. Saturdays we ride over the gateway and up to Sandgate/Redcliffe. So after swinging around Sugarmill road and Lomandra drive, it's your choice to ride the road down the Toombul and the bike track, or hopping the footpath over the bridge and taking the new bike path.

It does depend where you are coming from - I'm riding from the CBD and take Kingsford Smith Drive, Sugarmill Road, Lomandra Drive, Qantas Drive and Airport Drive on the way out to the aircraft observation point, then Airport Drive back to Nudgee Road. Traffic on Airport Drive is much lighter since Moreton Drive was opened.

Coming from the Northside I'm not sure but I have seen a bike path under the overpass at Nudgee Road.

There is also a newly completed bridge over the canal near the Nudgee Crit track and a path that seems to head towards the airport.

What is the sign at the end of Lomandra Dr with the line through the Bike then, before Airport Dr?

Foo

I don't suffer fools easily and so long as you have done your best,you should have no regrets.Goal 6000km

It does depend where you are coming from - I'm riding from the CBD and take Kingsford Smith Drive, Sugarmill Road, Lomandra Drive, Qantas Drive and Airport Drive on the way out to the aircraft observation point, then Airport Drive back to Nudgee Road. Traffic on Airport Drive is much lighter since Moreton Drive was opened.

Coming from the Northside I'm not sure but I have seen a bike path under the overpass at Nudgee Road.

There is also a newly completed bridge over the canal near the Nudgee Crit track and a path that seems to head towards the airport.

What is the sign at the end of Lomandra Dr with the line through the Bike then, before Airport Dr?

Foo

No idea - I have never seen any such sign on Lomandra Drive in the direction that I and everyone else travels it.

Brisbane Airports has made several attempts at dictating to cyclists, all of which have been ignored.

Only a small section of that road is prohibited by bikes. Nudgee Road end to the International Terminal is out of bounds for bicycles however from the International Terminal to the roundabout at the Domestic Terminal and beyond are permitted. Basically you have to detour via Skygate and along the elevated railway line. I assume this is because of the Nudgee Road/Southern Cross Gateway whatever its called now flyover combined with the entry road from Skygate and the exit road for the new Gateway where it could be dangerous for some cyclists as traffic enters, merges and then exits in very quick succession.

Lukeyboy wrote:I assume this is because of the Nudgee Road/Southern Cross Gateway whatever its called now flyover combined with the entry road from Skygate and the exit road for the new Gateway where it could be dangerous for some cyclists as traffic enters, merges and then exits in very quick succession.

So why does the Gateway interchange have bike lanes if you can't ride there?

I ride straight down Airport Drive from the domestic terminal every Sunday and turn right onto Nudgee Road, same as the bunch rides do. I've not seen any signs.

Well, I've just completed my regular Sunday Airport - Nudgee Beach ride via Kingsford Smith, Lomandra, Qantas and Airport Drives, Dryandra Road to the observation area at the end of Acacia Street (the usual bunch of weirdos were there with their step ladders and scanners).

As an aside, if you are waiting to pick somebody up, this is the only place the parking fee greedy BAC allows vehicles to stop. It's been reported that the BAC has the highest parking fees of any airport in the land.

I returned along the full length of Airport Drive and confirmed that there are NO prohibitions on bicycles using that route. Indeed as I've mentioned previously, there are bicycle lanes marked through the Southern Cross Way interchange.

I suspect that the sign mentioned at the end of Lomandra Drive is to stop bikes turning right and ending up on Moreton Drive, but not from turning left onto Airport Drive.

Traffic on Airport Drive is now nothing like as heavy as it was back when it was the only airport access road. It didn't faze me riding it then, and it doesn't faze me riding it now.

Who is online

About the Australian Cycling Forums

The largest cycling discussion forum in Australia for all things bike; from new riders to seasoned bike nuts, the Australian Cycling Forums are a welcoming community where you can ask questions and talk about the type of bikes and cycling topics you like.